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A zillion channels stream out of her TV. Here was my chance to be an idle American watching "American Idol." So I gave the remote control that special flick of the wrist, the kind that gives the signal a little extra spin. Apparently I didn't put the proper English on it. Take the preacher in an expensive suit haranguing viewers about the need to repent. Please. His idea of redemption was for viewers to send him money. Click. Off he flew into TV perdition. Up popped another huckster selling a sure-thing scheme he had personally concocted, one guaranteed to make you a financial fat cat by buying and selling real estate in your spare time. An operator was standing by to take your credit card number. Click. The next entry was a sports competition featuring muscle-bound men and women fighting their way through an obstacle course.
Citizens South Banking Corporation Announces Stable Earnings and ...
Both of these ratios also show improvement on a linked-quarter basis with 0.42% nonperforming loans and 0.46% nonperforming assets at September 30, 2007. In addition, during the past year, reserves for loan losses increased from $5.8 million at December 31, 2006, to $6.1 million, at December 31, 2007. The current reserve for loan losses amounts to 1.10% of total loans, compared to 1.12% of total loans at the end of 2006. Net charge-offs amounted to $479,000 for the fourth quarter of 2007 compared to $96,000 for the fourth quarter of 2006. The increase in charge-offs during the fourth quarter of 2007 was primarily due to one credit relationship with a local operating company that has now been completely charged-off the books of the Bank. The Company has not been an originator or purchaser of option adjustable rate or "no documentation" portfolio mortgage loans and the portfolio does not include any mortgage loans that the Company classifies as sub-prime.
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Jon Schaff—NSU professor, SD Politics Doug Wiken—Dakota Today Denise Ross—The Hog House Blog Some guy from Holabird whose name escapes me who comments on Mt. Blogmore.Above: Todd Epp (foreground) and Steve Sibson (background) blocking during the hunt. Notice our guns are NOT pointed at each other. Steve is a very fine hunter and I did what he told me to do because he knows what to do. This excellent photo is by my son Matt. Below: (Left to right) Novelist Dan O'Brien, former legislator Lee Schoenbeck, Outdoorsman Tony Dean, Host Nic Nemec, Professor John Schaff, and Pat Powers hand. Can't hunt without having a meeting first! .
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